Sidewalks in the southernâ€" central section of Waterloo came under heavy criticism at the regular meeting of council Monday night. Council has read two letâ€" ters, one from William Berâ€" ry of Toronto and the other from George Thorpe, 144 Waterloo Street, complainâ€" ing about the poor condiâ€" Wednesday, July 27â€"A 20â€"monthâ€"old boy injured in a fall down the ramp of a parking garage in Waterloo died in Sick Children‘s Hospital in Torâ€" onto. Marc Cowls, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Cowls, Wingham, fell eight feet to the ramp of the garâ€" e at 235 Erb Street West. ï¬ursday. July 28â€"Waterloo city officials claimâ€" ed that a provincial environment ministry enâ€" gineer was acting on incorrect information when he froze four subdivisions in the city. J.R. McNurray of the environment ministry said the city‘s water supply and sanitary sewage treatment facilities were inadequate. Friday July 29â€"Eby Rush, former superintenâ€" dent of the Waterloo public utilities commission, died. He was 82. Council hears two complaints Mr. Rush had served 45 years with the PUC, retiring in 1955. He was the first superintendent to have charge of all three PUC departments. Monday, July 31â€"Waterloo council noted and filâ€" ed a motion from the City of Kitchener requesting that the province introduce legislation to ban strikebreaking companies and the use of strikeâ€" breakers. The motion also asks that the federal government amend the criminal code to outlaw moonlighting while a bargaining unit is on strike. Winners of the Saturday bicycle rally sponsored by the University of Waterloo graduate student union and Big Brothers were (left to right): Vijay Grey, Bridgeport; Christine Anderson, Waterioo; Déan Cormier, Kitchener. and Sam Findlay, Waterloo. Only 25 cyclists entered the rally. â€"photo by Fred Miller _ _ 13,087 copies delivered by carrier : to every household in WATERLOO Week in retrospect Waterloo Street to get new walks Kur dew" If >A tion of the city‘s sidewalks in the area of Union Street between Moore Avenue and King Street and on adjacent streets. Mr. Berry said the Union Street sidewalks were unâ€" safe and an absolute disâ€" grace. He claimed that when it rained, people had to walk on the road to } l' ' ] [ 1187 wat Waterloo Chronicle | | 118TH YEAR â€" NO 31 engineering department told the aldermen that the sideâ€" walks between King and Mary Streets will be reâ€" built next year when that portion of Union is widenâ€" ed. There will be some addiâ€" tional work done on sideâ€" walks between Mary and Moore. No mention was made of the sidewalks off Union. He asked for replacement and reconstruction because some sections of the walk are raised up to four inches. City clerk Durward Preston said, ‘"That‘s actionable," meaning the city could be sued. Mr. Thorpe reported that his children have sufâ€" fered numerous cuts and scrapes after falling on the walk. avoid large puddles. The engineering departâ€" ment was authorized to proâ€" ceed with reconstruction of the sidewalks on Waterloo Street from Moore to 60 feet south of Graham Street (the city limit) after council heard Mr. Thorpes letter. Funds for the work were not originally budgeted. Mr. Gordon said the cost to the property owners for the _ local _ improvement would be about $5,500 of the $13,340 total. In other business, counâ€" cil approved a motion that the mayor or the city adminâ€" istrative staff approach the Day and Ross trucking firm to seek their coâ€"operation in clearing up a complaint made to council two weeks ago . of the city A resident on University Avenue East, Jack Seip, had complained about conâ€" stant noise from the operaâ€" tion and about trucks using his driveway and those of adjacent property owners. Council was told Monday night that the present antiâ€" noise regulations are inâ€" effective and that a new one probably won‘t be passed for some time. Day and Ross will probably be vacating the premises in May of 1974 when the buildâ€" ing they occupy must be renovated to look similar to an addition to it. City to install 15 more meters; permit parking ends at Square It was suggested that Mr. Seip could lay tresâ€" passing charges â€" against the company if the trucks persist in using the driveâ€" way. According to an adminisâ€" trative committee report, there are people who park for long periods in the square lot but don‘t purâ€" Some may call it "creepâ€" ing parking meterism‘"‘ but city council and the adminâ€" istrative â€" committee â€" feel it‘s justified. Council approved a recomâ€" mendation â€" Monday night that 15 parking meters be installed at the south end of Waterloo Square parking lot. The meters will have low rates for long hours, similar to those at the lot‘s north end. loo, Ontario, Canada Lakeshore tot lot _ â€" rejected by council °* Drive and Bearinger Road, and ended up helping. plan the subdivision for the land, were only partially satisâ€" fied with council action on their suggestions. > Two Lakeshore Village women who began a fight to save trees on a parcel of Council committee of the whole accepted a report from chief planner Don several changes in the draft plan of subdivision. One of the streets will be curved to slow traffic and create wedgeâ€"shapéd lots to presâ€" erve trees; at least one stop sign will be erected at an intersection in the subâ€" division to control trafâ€" fic,; the city will negotiate with â€" Lakeshore Village (Waterloo) Ltd. for a small park and tot recreation arâ€" ea near Glen Forrest and Tollgate. Eleanor â€" Belanger, 544 Teakwood Drive, and Doris Leland, 262 Thomnerest Drive, presented a report to committee on various requests they would have like met. _ Besides the changes in the planner‘s report, they had asked for a small tot lot in the area, a turnâ€"around cirâ€" The Indiaâ€"Canada associaâ€" tion of the University of Waterloo asked in a letter to council Monday night if the city would agree to fly the flag of India as part of India Day celebrations. City clerk Durward Presâ€" ton told council that the only flags ever flown on the city pole were those of Canada and the United Nations. Ald. Roy Bauman has a flag hangup. Mayor Don Meston moved that the city follow usual procedure. The policy is that the city would recognize India Day but the organizaâ€" chase annual permits. They are mainly people who are unwilling to invest in a longâ€" term permit in case they leave the city or find a job elsewhere. There has been less demand for mallâ€"lot permits Other _ recommendations in the report approved by council are that permit parkâ€" ing on the mall lot be stopped and that the twoâ€" hour limit be extended to 10 p.m. The committee recomâ€" mended _ ceasing _ permit parking on the lot. 1g% The Russians are coming Pb y i 9y i4 * WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2, 1972. =(t cle for traffic at the ends of Thorncrest, 60â€"foot lots along the street backing on Teakwood and soil surveys to prevent drainage probâ€" lems in the area. George Ellis, the developâ€" er‘s manager, told commitâ€" tee that if the lots were inâ€" creased five more feet there would be marketing probâ€" quested larger lots in order to save some of the trees. Mrs. Belanger said in an interview Tuesday that they were disappointed with council‘s response. The largâ€" ér frontage would have meant one less lot, she said. She predicted that there would be objections to the park near the Tollâ€" gate plaza. "Kids will be running onto the parking lot from the park and will be riding their bike in the parking lot. I would have liked to see it nearer Westmount _ Road," she said. . Committee didh‘t discuss the turnâ€"around circles and Mrs. Belanger said she forgot to bring it up during the discussion. The womâ€" en‘s request for control during construction to preâ€" vent or minimize damage to trees was not discussed either. tion making the request must pay any advertising exâ€" penses and supply a flag if it is to be raised. August 15 will mark the 25th anniâ€" versary of India‘s indeâ€" pendence from Britain. In reply to the mayor‘s suggestion, ald. Bauman asked: ‘"What if the Rusâ€" sians want to put up a flag?" He was answered with laughs from aldermen and spectators. Council approved the mayor‘s motion. Later in the meeting ald. Bauman suggested that city council should have some say in the proposed reâ€" decoration of the water towâ€" er on Lester Street. ~ The . Waterloo PUC has set a $100 prize for the best design after a group of uniâ€" versity students presented several designs to a recent commission meeting. _ Ald. Bauman thought that council should be involved since water supply responâ€" sibility would become reâ€" gional when the county PUC‘s are disbanded this year. Mayor Meston told him the PUC would prob ably give council a say if the city agreed to help pay the cost of repainting. ‘"So unless we pay, we have no say,"" concluded ald. Bauman. As for design: ‘"They should hang beads on it and paint it like a Tiffany lamp," said ald. Charles Voelker. 10° \Int *Â¥